Hospital management are appealing to the public not to visit if they have any symptoms of either virus as it can put patients at risk.

Minister Heather Humphries has said that it was unclear to her how it could be proven with reasonable certainty that an applicant had contracted Covid at work.

The payment has been extended several times over the last year but is to come to a definitive termination at the end of March.

The HSE are advising people over the bank holiday not to socialise if they have Covid symptoms.

He claims businesses that availed of debt warehousing are now receiving letters from Revenue demanding repayment.

It comes as Finance Minister Michael McGrath draws up plans to allow three to five years for companies to finish paying their debts.

Hospital management say they are currently managing five COVID outbreaks on site.

Ireland and Greece are the only countries in the EU that have not yet designated long Covid as an occupational illness.